Cathe Live Review: Metabolic Madness (#267)
Metabolic Madness is fun and fairly tough metabolic total body workout. This was actually tougher than I was expecting, for some reason, and I was pretty drenched by the end of it!
The workout is made up of fourteen metabolic strength exercises that you run through one after the other. Once completed you then get a short water break before repeating them all again. On the second round Cathe does forget the first exercise though, marching sumos, so these are inserted later in the round instead.
All of the exercises are very metabolic and provide a nice cardio effect even though there is no real cardio in this routine. The majority of the moves are compound and are generally done for 10 – 24 reps - so you will be feeling the work on some of these! In addition, the alternating front punches are done for much longer – the first set is 200 reps! Cathe uses 3 pound dumbbells for these and, before I started the set, I was debating whether to use 5’s instead but I am glad I didn’t - I was really feeling these by the end!
Cathe uses generally light to moderate weights for this routine and I generally stayed with the same weights, just using 5’s instead of 3’s a few times. However, I still got a great workout. I particularly found the rear lunges with 1 arm overhead press and the straight leg lifts with overhead tricep extensions pretty tough and was struggling on these towards the end. The rear lunges are also quite fast so, at times, I found it quite difficult to keep good form with a 15 pound dumbbell.
Overall, this was an excellent and fun metabolic workout that will work the body well and provide a good cardio effect too. I will definitely be returning to this one - as the workout just flew by and I really love these types of workout!
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The Workout
Metabolic Madness is metabolic total body workout that consists of a round of fourteen exercises that are then repeated. Cathe uses light to moderate dumbbells for this routine.
What You Need to Know
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The Moves
Metabolic Madness is 46 minutes long and originally aired on 26th September 2019 (#267). The workout starts with a 4:30 minute warm-up before moving into the first exercise.
Round 1a
Marching sumos – one 15# dumbbell – marching in place
Pulsing static lunge with chest press – two 10# dumbbells – 10 reps each side
1 Deadlift & 4 calf raises – two 15# dumbbells – 6 sets
Rear lunge, stand & 1 arm overhead press (these are reasonably fast) – one 15# dumbbell – 12 reps each side
Squat to lunge combo (with little hops & punching arm across the body) – two 3# dumbbells (I used 5’s) – 16 reps
4 Squats & 4 calf raises – two 15# dumbbells – 6 sets
Walk out plank & push-ups – mat – 5 sets (1st set is 1 push-up, 2nd set is 2 push-ups, then 3 etc up to 5 push-ups)
Straight leg lifts & 1 arm overhead tricep extensions – one 10# dumbbell – 24 reps each side
Dynamic front lunge raises (forward leaning lunge & knee lift with lateral raise) – two 3# dumbbells (I used 5’s) – 8 sets of 3’s
Scarecrow lifts with hamstring curls – two 5# dumbbells – 12 reps each side
Rear delt flys – two 10# dumbbells – 6 sets of 3’s
Bicep curls (pyramid style) – two 15, 12 & 10# dumbbells - 10 reps at each weight increment
Alternating side lunge & upright row – two 12# dumbbells – 12 reps
Alternating front punches – two 3# dumbbells – 200 reps!
Quick water break at 22:50 minutes
Round 1b
Pulsing static lunge with chest press – two 10# dumbbells – 12 reps each side
1 Deadlifts & 4 calf raises – two 15# dumbbells – 8 sets
Marching sumos – one 15# dumbbell – turning in a circle
Rear lunge, stand & 1 arm overhead press (these are reasonably fast) – one 15# dumbbell – 12 reps each side
Quick water break at 29:10 minutes
Squat to lunge combo (with little hops & punching arm across the body) – two 3# dumbbells (I used 5’s) – 16 reps
4 Squats & 4 calf raises – two 15# dumbbells – 7 sets
Walk out plank & push-ups – mat – 5 sets (1st set is 1 push-up, 2nd set is 2 push-ups, then 3 etc up to 5 push-ups)
Straight leg lifts & 1 arm overhead tricep extensions – one 10# dumbbell – 24 reps each side
Dynamic front lunge raises (forward leaning lunge & knee lift with lateral raise) – two 3# dumbbells (I used 5’s) – 8 sets of 3’s
Scarecrow lifts with hamstring curls – two 5# dumbbells – 16 reps each side
Rear delt flys – two 10# dumbbells – 6 sets of 3’s
Bicep curls (pyramid style) – two 15, 12 & 10# dumbbells - 10 reps at each weight increment
Alternating side lunge & upright row – two 12# dumbbells – 12 reps
Alternating front punches – two 3# dumbbells – 100 reps
The workout ends with a 2:30 minute cool down and stretch.
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